Holder.



F. C. DAVIS.

HOLDER.

GATION FILED FEB. 16, 1914,

APPLI Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

" .ns cc., waa-Juvenal san FRANK c. Davis, or TUcsoN, ARIZONA.

HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented reb. 9, 19175.

Application med 'rem-nary 16, 1914. serial No. 818,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tucson, in the county of Pima and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object the pro vision of a holder consisting of a handle carrying a main frame or body and a plurality of coperating interchangeable clamping devices adapted to removably hold various brushing and scrubbing appliances in proper position for practical use.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. y

In the accompanying drawing wherein is shown an approved and practical embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 represents a. perspective view of the skeleton frame or broom holder, showing in dotted lines the application thereto of the mop clamp. Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse sectional view through the holder showing the application thereto of a mop clamp and mop. Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary view partly in section cfthe main frame of the holder and a window cleaner clamp applied thereto.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, a sleeve 17 houses a spring b and has diametrically opposed extensions 18 at its lower end coiled about and secured to the curved wires or rods 19 and 2O of the frame. The lower ends of the curved wire 19 are connected by the side member 21, while the lower ends of the wire 2O are looped at 22 extending toward and looped about the adjacent portions of the side member 21 to form end members 23.

The upper portions of the wires 19 and 20 are inclosed by a sheet metal head 24: constituting a socket or housing for the upper end of the broom head 25 and terminating at its upper end in a tubular extension 26 suitably secured over the sleeve 17.

The loops 22 in the wire 2O constitute bearings or housings for securing and supporting the various clamping devices tobe hereinafter more fully described in operative position. The frame of the holder constituted by the parts 19, 20, 21 and 23 is preferably formed of resilient wire, whereby in operation the broom secured therein will be permitted the desirable resiliency.

The side wire or member 21 of the frame is preferably formed with a plurality of teeth 30 adapted to engage between the bristles of a broom head.

In Fig. l in dotted lines and in Fig. 2 in full lines, is shown the application of the mop clamp to the frame of the holder, it being understood that the wire 20 is suficiently resilient to permit the looped portions 22 thereof to be separated for changing the type of the clamp as desired. The mop clamp consists of a crank member 31 having a handle 32 and offset ends 33 and the pair of spaced U-shaped members 34 looped about the crank 31 at 35 and disposed above and below the side member 21 of the frame. As shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1 the clamping member 31 is in inoperative position and the mop engaging portion of the U-shaped members 34 are spaced a considerable distance from the side member 21 of the frame with which they are adapted to coperate to clamp the mop 35a in operative position. In Fig. 2, the mop, cleaning or dust rag 35 is shown operatively clamped between the side member 21 and the adjacent portion of the U-shaped members 34.

In Fig. 3, wherein is shown the application to the main frame of the holder of a window cleaning appliance, the numeral 36 indicates a pair of clamping members having pivotal connections with the crank members (not shown in this figure)and identical in form to the member 31 shown in Fig. 1. The ends of the clamping members 36 are turned inwardly at 37 and adapted to inclose the body of a window cleaning appliance 38. A sliding link 39 is positioned over and connects the clamping members 36 and is adapted to abut the side member 21 of the frame when the clamp is operatively positioned upon the cleanerf31.

In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame, a looped wire seated in one portion of said frame, one section of said looped wire forming a clamping point, a second looped wire seated in said` points, said clamping pointsarranged on .frame and connected to said rst mentioned oppositesides of the first mentioned clamplooped wire, said second mentioned looped ing point. Wire having intermediate looped portionsy In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 forming seats for a pivot member, a pivoted name to this specification in the presence of 10 member composed of spring Wire With offtwo subscribing Witnesses. set portions, said off-set portions seated in FRANK C. DAVIS.

said last mentioned loops, and a Wire clamp- Witnesses: ing member attached to said pivoted mem- JosIAH IDE, 15 berv and having a plurality of clamping KIRKE J UNEARE.

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